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The legacy of "Stranger in the Village" is tied to the legacy and reception of the book in which it is featured, Notes of a Native Son. The book is widely regarded as a classic of the black autobiographical genre. The Modern Library placed it at number 19 on its list of the 100 best 20th-century nonfiction books. Since Baldwin's passing on ...
The correct full title for Ireland is Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration Made in the Principal Registry and in the Several District Registries 1858-1920. [3] Every year from 1858, volumes of short summaries of grants of probate and of letters of administration were created, in alphabetical order by surname. For each ...
James L. Halperin (born October 31, 1952) is an American businessman and author, who is the co-founder and co-chairman of Heritage Auctions, now the largest American auction house with 2022 sales in excess of $1.45 billion. [1]
Metropress Limited, [2] [3] trading as Auction Technology Group, is a digital marketplace business listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ATG). [4] It also publishes Antiques Trade Gazette which is a London-based weekly publication and website serving the art and antiques community and was the original genesis of the business but is now a small proportion of the group’s revenues.
A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of Aprilis, showing its nundinal letters on the left side The full remains of the Fasti Praenestini. The nundinae (/ n ə n ˈ d ɪ n aɪ /, /-n iː /), sometimes anglicized to nundines, [1] were the market days of the ancient Roman calendar, forming a kind of weekend including, for a certain period, rest from work for the ruling class ().
The Calendar of Modern Letters was a short-lived British literary review journal. It was established by the poet Edgell Rickword , and published from March 1925 to July 1927. Contributors included Edmund Blunden , Robert Graves , Siegfied Sassoon , D. H. Lawrence , E. M. Forster , Wyndham Lewis , Edwin Muir , Luigi Pirandello , Leonid Leonov ...
Lucien Georges Bazor (1889–1974) was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. [ 1 ] Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts .
William Inglis and Son Pty Ltd is Australia's largest [1] and oldest [2] bloodstock auctioneer. The business was founded by William Inglis in 1867, and is still owned by the Inglis family, with family members actively engaged in the running of the business. [3]